A landscape #SheepRockUnit #JohnDayFossilBeds #Dayville #GrantCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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We looked up again and again #RoundButtePark #LakeBillyChinook #Madras #JeffersonCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Stand here and take in the view, but do not forget also to listen #MountJefferson #RoundButtePark #LakeBillyChinook #Madras #JeffersonCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Studying the site from above and below, you can almost imagine how all the pieces once fit together #WhiteRiverFallsStatePark #Maupin #WascoCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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It was a different time #WhiteRiverFallsStatePark #Maupin #WascoCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The water is so far away. And also imminent #MitchellPoint #ColumbiaGorge #HoodRiverCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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It is hard to imagine the amount of time that has passed #PaintedHillsUnit #PaintedCove #JohnDayFossilBeds #Mitchell #WheelerCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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I let them brush my head and shoulders as I walked beneath them #WahclellaFalls #TannerCreek #Bonneville #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Smooth #WinemaBeach #Neskowin #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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They are so small and so vibrant #SiouxonCreekTrail #SiouxonCreek #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Amboy #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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Sometimes I take a photo of a place and wonder if people will believe that it's real #PaintedHillsUnit #JohnDayFossilBeds #Mitchell #WheelerCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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It has been some time now since anyone checked in or out #WillametteHeritageCenter #ThomasKayWoolenMill #Salem #MarionCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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A window on the sea #ProposalRock #Neskowin #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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There was frost on the grass just outside #OregonStateCapitol #Salem #MarionCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The sky moved us #PaintedHillsUnit #JohnDayFossilBeds #Mitchell #WheelerCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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I believe these leaves are gone now #BushHouse #Salem #MarionCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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As we walked up the beach, I couldn't help but look back - over and over again - as I tried to capture the play of light on these trees #ProposalRock #Neskowin #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Light, shadow, and water #SiouxonCreekTrail #SiouxonCreek #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Amboy #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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A bridge like this means different things to different people #ClackamasRiver #Estacada #ClackamasCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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This loop up above and around the basin kept offering glimpses, hinting at what we might feel once we'd entered from below #SheepRockUnit #BlueBasin #JohnDayFossilBeds #Dayville #GrantCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Like looking back through time #PorterPoint #Neskowin #TillamookCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The name of this trail, most likely taken from the Wasco-Wishram, means something like "Land of Standing Boulders" #TamalauTrail #CovePalisadesStatePark #LakeBillyChinook #Terrebonne #DeschutesCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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People don't always remember to clean up after themselves #WhiteRiverFallsStatePark #Maupin #WascoCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Like a veil #SiouxonCreekTrail #SiouxonCreek #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Amboy #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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The water rolled down so smooth and shiny and cold #StarvationCreekStatePark #HoodRiverCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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There's so much more snow there now #SherrardPoint #LarchMountain #MountHood #MountHoodNationalForest #Oregon #OregonExplored

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We spent nearly an hour here #ClackamasRiver #Estacada #ClackamasCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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I've noticed that the dogs we pass while hiking these trails are almost always quieter than their humans. I think it is a kind of reverence #SiouxonCreekTrail #SiouxonCreek #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Amboy #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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The earth has so many secrets to share if we would but listen #SheepRockUnit #JohnDayFossilBeds #Dayville #GrantCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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The earth is a garden, and everywhere I look there is joy #CapeDisappointmentStatePark #Ilwaco #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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Every bend in the trail was an unveiling #SheepRockUnit #BlueBasin #JohnDayFossilBeds #Dayville #GrantCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Just another place to watch the water #OregonDunesNationalRecreationArea #OregonDunes #Florence #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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It's really not much of a hike, but you can make it last for awhile by stopping after every second or third step to study the ground #PaintedHillsUnit #PaintedCove #JohnDayFossilBeds #Mitchell #WheelerCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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I climbed up over the boxwood here in order to touch these early October roses #OregonStateCapitol #Salem #MarionCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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For most of the year they cover - with leaves - their wisdom and delight #BushHouse #Salem #MarionCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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This collection from Emmett Wheatfall just arrived. I did the editing. Oregon poet laureate Kim Stafford offered an endorsement, and the foreword from John Sibley Williams makes me awfully proud of the work I get to do with @fernwoodpress

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Light has a way of focusing your attention #SherrardPoint #LarchMountain #MountHood #MountHoodNationalForest #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Every moment of every day - a miracle #WahclellaFalls #TannerCreek #Bonneville #MultnomahCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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When you sit high up on a point, there is almost always another point that looks like a good place to sit #MitchellPoint #ColumbiaGorge #HoodRiverCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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I have so many images from this place, but none quite capture what it is to be here #WhiteRiverFallsStatePark #Maupin #WascoCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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There was a small wooden platform here where we could look down and down and down #RoundButteDam #DeschutesRiver #LakeBillyChinook #Madras #DeschutesCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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It was warm for late September, and the sky never stopped #PaintedHillsUnit #JohnDayFossilBeds #Mitchell #WheelerCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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We didn't get to go inside #NorthHeadLighthouse #CapeDisappointmentStatePark #Ilwaco #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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A woman was just leaving as we approached, and then as we were leaving, a couple came. Time enough to sit and wonder and watch, and then move on so others might do the same #MitchellPoint #ColumbiaGorge #HoodRiverCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored #NW_Explored

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Maybe someday you'll join me here #SiouxonCreekTrail #SiouxonCreek #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Amboy #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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I'd never been here, but it felt familiar #MountJefferson #RoundButtePark #LakeBillyChinook #Madras #JeffersonCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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It is good to remember #WhiteRiverFallsStatePark #Maupin #WascoCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored #NW_Explored

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Every single juniper along the trail had a different shape, a unique personality #TamalauTrail #CovePalisadesStatePark #LakeBillyChinook #Terrebonne #DeschutesCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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I never touched the sand or the water there, but I watched it. And I could watch it again. #OregonDunesNationalRecreationArea #OregonDunes #Florence #LaneCounty #Oregon #OregonExplored

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Every Saturday I find a place like this where I can forget for awhile - all the details of the week - and just breathe #SiouxonCreekTrail #SiouxonCreek #GiffordPinchotNationalForest #Amboy #Washington #WashingtonExplored

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